Potty training help.

Hi all. My DD (dear daughter) (dear daughter) will be 3 next month and we are starting potty training. She has just recently start to talk about pee pees and poos but doesn't really say when she done a pee that much.

Today I tried to get her to sit on potty to try a pee and she just not having it and wanted a pull up back on.

Any tips would be appreciated. Feeling she is really late to game with it!

Comments (13)

id say just keep suggesting potty. we got a potty book that had a reward chart. pirate Pete it is called. at first he was like your lo and point blank refused to go on the potty. then one morning 2 months ago he just asked for the potty and that was it. he was accident free by day 2. so my advice is to do to continue to discuss potty and maybe get a book but don't force it as it shouldn't be a battle. she will get there when she is ready.

Theres time yet. We had hv around this morning for new babys 6 weeks review and she mentioned (as catherine proudly told her she needed to poo on her potty) that she is quite young to be trained and that she is seeing around 3.5 to be average and increasingly seeing children not trained til closer to 4.5.
So if lo isnt interested dont feel like there us a time pressure.

Having said that, i think just explain to lo that you use the toilet, daddy uses the toilet etc, its what you do when you grow up. Maybe ask her if she wants to accompany you to the toilet and see if she will sit on the potty whilst you are on the toilet, announce you have wee'd and see if she tries to copy.

id say just keep suggesting potty. we got a potty book that had a reward cha...

Posted
14/05/2018

id say just keep suggesting potty. we got a potty book that had a reward chart. pirate Pete it is called. at first he was like your lo and point blank refused to go on the potty. then one morning 2 months ago he just asked for the potty and that was it. he was accident free by day 2. so my advice is to do to continue to discuss potty and maybe get a book but don't force it as it shouldn't be a battle. she will get there when she is ready.

I just ordered Princess Polly book. Think that's the female version that you mentioned so will definitely give that a go as she loves her books. Thank you.

Theres time yet. We had hv around this morning for new babys 6 weeks review a...

Posted
14/05/2018

Theres time yet. We had hv around this morning for new babys 6 weeks review and she mentioned (as catherine proudly told her she needed to poo on her potty) that she is quite young to be trained and that she is seeing around 3.5 to be average and increasingly seeing children not trained til closer to 4.5.
So if lo isnt interested dont feel like there us a time pressure.

Having said that, i think just explain to lo that you use the toilet, daddy uses the toilet etc, its what you do when you grow up. Maybe ask her if she wants to accompany you to the toilet and see if she will sit on the potty whilst you are on the toilet, announce you have wee'd and see if she tries to copy.

Thanks for replying. We had HV (Health Visitor) out at start of year but she never mentioned potty training at all and I forgot to ask -usual lol!

That's what I've been doing told her my SS (symptom spotting) her big brother does pee and poo in the toilet too to try and talk her round lol. She usually comes with me to toilet too but runs out when it's time to flush. But will keep at it. Thanks again

It’s not late in the game at all, they all get there in the end so please don’t worry!

We have had a potty out for quite a while now just so he knew it was there and what it was for (we would play and put babies or teddies on it so he knew it was for wees and poos). He was showing signs so I bought him some pants which he was delighted with and last weekend he refused to let me put a nappy on and wanted his new pants on. Luckily the weather was good and we didn’t have many plans so he was in and out all day in his new pants lol. Only had a couple of wee accidents on the first day but has been fine since then.

I did the same with my daughter when she was showing signs. One thing I did do was prompt them at certain times of the day so first thing, before we go out, when we get somewhere etc. I also took them with me to the toilet every time I went and asked them to hold the door for mummy etc and then asked if they wanted to sit down on the loo (normally it was a no but just got them used to going to public toilets). I would suggest just having everything there and let them lead you. It makes it so much easier when they do it when they’re ready.

if she likes books, toilet time worked for us. got it in aldi but i'm sure amazon has it. i really dont like her using the potty as i rather just flush it away so didnt bother with buying princess potty. also you can "watch" the book princess potty on youtube...

It’s not late in the game at all, they all get there in the end so please d...

Posted
14/05/2018

It’s not late in the game at all, they all get there in the end so please don’t worry!

We have had a potty out for quite a while now just so he knew it was there and what it was for (we would play and put babies or teddies on it so he knew it was for wees and poos). He was showing signs so I bought him some pants which he was delighted with and last weekend he refused to let me put a nappy on and wanted his new pants on. Luckily the weather was good and we didn’t have many plans so he was in and out all day in his new pants lol. Only had a couple of wee accidents on the first day but has been fine since then.

I did the same with my daughter when she was showing signs. One thing I did do was prompt them at certain times of the day so first thing, before we go out, when we get somewhere etc. I also took them with me to the toilet every time I went and asked them to hold the door for mummy etc and then asked if they wanted to sit down on the loo (normally it was a no but just got them used to going to public toilets). I would suggest just having everything there and let them lead you. It makes it so much easier when they do it when they’re ready.

if she likes books, toilet time worked for us. got it in aldi but i'm sur...

Posted
14/05/2018

if she likes books, toilet time worked for us. got it in aldi but i'm sure amazon has it. i really dont like her using the potty as i rather just flush it away so didnt bother with buying princess potty. also you can "watch" the book princess potty on youtube...

Thanks! Yeah we watched that and she quite liked it so hoping book will be a hit.

Defo not too late in the game! My eldest was 3yr5mo when he potty trained, and he cracked it in less than a week. Dry at night within maybe a month. I’m a big believer in later potty training, mostly because I’m lazy and can’t be bothered with months of accidents

I’d just start by casually getting her to use the potty, no pressure. If she doesn’t want to today, try again tomorrow. Read books while sitting on the potty or something to encourage.

Keep it all causal for a month or so then switch to knickers if you feel ready! X

Defo not too late in the game! My eldest was 3yr5mo when he potty trained, an...

Posted
14/05/2018

Defo not too late in the game! My eldest was 3yr5mo when he potty trained, and he cracked it in less than a week. Dry at night within maybe a month. I’m a big believer in later potty training, mostly because I’m lazy and can’t be bothered with months of accidents

I’d just start by casually getting her to use the potty, no pressure. If she doesn’t want to today, try again tomorrow. Read books while sitting on the potty or something to encourage.

Keep it all causal for a month or so then switch to knickers if you feel ready! X

Thanks for replying!

Today I'm keeping her in pull ups and talking about the potty and having it out. She has said no every time but will maybe just take this week of talking about it getting it into the routine. Hopefully potty book will arrive today I think she's going to like that. She won't sit on it if I try sit her on it she gets all stiff so not going to force it so it doesn't become a negative thing.

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